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To: poconopundit
I love this pic of the brothers....elegantly attired,
nonchalantly walking on that eventful day.


17 posted on 12/17/2016 1:10:47 PM PST by Liz (W W W W W W w w w w w)
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To: Liz

It is a good picture. Very interesting guys. When Wilbur went to France to selling a license to their airplane technology, the French didn’t understand him at all. He neither drank booze nor mingled with women.

But when Wilbur proved his plane could fly, the French people treated him like a hero. Amazing story.

McCullough’s book is interesting. About a third of the way through the audio program, Orville had made his famous first flight at Kitty Hawk. So most of the book is about what happened after that event.


19 posted on 12/17/2016 4:36:32 PM PST by poconopundit (Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string. Emerson)
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